Gustav F. Steffen. "World War and Imperialism. Socio-Psychological Documents and Observations During the World War of 1914/5". Jena, 1915. (Translated from Swedish.) (p. 3): "Imperialism is as old as world history"...

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"Speaking in the most general terms, imperialism is the striving to build a great state of world significance through conquest, or colonization, or through peaceful political unification of already existing states, or through the simultaneous application of these methods; such a world power as encompasses all mankind or divides mankind between itself and some other world powers" (4)... The concept of "the whole world" depends "on the knowledge" of a given people about the earth etc. "Imperialism is a purely psychical factor" (4).

"Social fantasy is the mother of imperialism" (5).

Imperialism has its history. "There is primitive imperialism and higher, more mature imperialism" (6).

Caesar, — Napoleon etc. etc.

Present-day "imperialism of division" (division of the world) in distinction from ancient "mono-imperialism" (one monarchy) — (p. 15)...

On p. 14 the author promises to examine the "particular" features of "present-day" "European imperialism"...

The earth is divided between 10 empires... (p. 15) and 50 other independent states...